Philip Giebler

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Philip Giebler (2008)

Philip "Phil" Giebler (born March 5, 1979 in Oxnard , California ) is a former American car racing driver and racing team owner.

Career

Giebler began his motorsport career in 1989 in kart racing , in which he was active until 1998. After being in the 1998 US Barber Formula Dodge his Formula racing debut had celebrated, he was oriented towards Europe and was runner-up in 1999 of the French Formula Renault Campus behind Adam Jones . In 2000 Giebler switched to the French Formula 3 championship and came second in the B-class. As in the previous year, he had to admit defeat to Jones. After the season he took part in the Formula Palmer Audi winter series. He decided the title fight with 76 to 71 points against Robert Huff for himself.

In 2001 Giebler did not have a permanent cockpit. He took part in two races in the British and six races in the German Formula 3 championship . In 2002 Giebler competed in the Spanish Formula 3 championship . He was on the podium six times and finished sixth in the drivers' championship. In 2003 Giebler replaced Robbie Kerr in the international Formula 3000 championship after the first race . Giebler took part in five races for Den Blå Avis , the second team of Super Nova Racing . He scored one point and was 17th in the drivers' championship. After the sixth race, Super Nova Racing stopped the operation of the second team and Giebler was without a cockpit.

Instead of continuing to compete in European series, Giebler returned to North America in 2004. He started seven out of twelve runs in the Infinity Pro Series . He won his debut race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and finished the season in ninth place overall. In 2005 Giebler again found no permanent cockpit and took part in one race each in the Infinity Pro Series and the Atlantic Championship . He achieved a top 10 placement in each case. In winter 2005/2006 Giebler shared a cockpit with Scott Speed and Bryan Herta in the newly established A1 Grand Prix series for the US team . Giebler took part in four events. A ninth place was his best result. In the further course of 2006 Giebler started three races in the Indy Pro Series, where he was once third, and a race in the Atlantic Championship.

In the A1GP season 2006/2007 Giebler was active for the US team together with Ryan Hunter-Reay and Jonathan Summerton . He participated in six out of eleven events. A second place in Zandvoort was Giebler's best result. He was the pilot this season with the most points for the US team, which finished ninth in the team standings. Giebler then took part in 8 of 16 Indy Pro races for Playa Del Racing . Giebler also made his debut in 2007 in the IndyCar Series , where he participated in the Indianapolis 500 for Playa del Racing . He was eliminated and was rated 29th. In 2008 Giebler tried again for American Dream Motorsports, the successor team of Playa del Racing, to master the qualification for the Indianapolis 500, whereby he was the only participant still with the old Panoz chassis. However, he already had a serious accident during training, after which he had to go to the hospital for observation. As a result, he did not attempt to qualify. Subsequently, Giebler did not appear in any international racing series.

From 2005 to 2010 Gielber was again active in karting.

Phil Giebler Racing

After the end of his active racing career, Giebler founded the Phil Giebler Racing kart team in 2010 . The team aims to introduce young racing drivers to professional racing.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2006: Atlantic Championship (33rd place)
  • 2007 : A1GP
  • 2007: Indy Pro Series (20th place)
  • 2007 : IndyCar Series (34th place)
  • 2005–2010: karting

Web links

Commons : Philip Giebler  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "News splitter ?? more news of the day in a nutshell " (Motorsport-Total.com on April 30, 2003)
  2. ^ "Team USA draws positive season balance" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 8, 2007)
  3. ↑ No longer a rookie. indycar.com, May 14, 2008, accessed January 13, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Results of Session (Practice 10 / 3rd Day Qualifying). (No longer available online.) Indycar.com, May 17, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 13, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www1.indycar.com
  5. ↑ "Three participants expected on Bump Day" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 18, 2008)
  6. ^ “About” ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (philgieblerracing.com; accessed December 30, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Giebler, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giebler, Phil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH March 5th 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxnard , California , United States